RL Rowland and Jim James called to report a Snowy Plover at Jack’s Creek Access at CJ Strike in Owyhee County just now.

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Activity sure picked up here in Teton Valley. Susan Tetonia (Big Hole Mt.. foothills)

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From: ebird-checklist@cornell.edu
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2018 6:41 PM
To: susan_patla@hotmail.com
Subject: eBird Report – Packsaddle road north, May 26, 2018

Packsaddle road north, Teton, Idaho, US
May 26, 2018 9:15 AM – 11:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: walked up Kay’s hill and back down the new road, 59 deg F, very green world now filled with bird song, just counted on way up the road, all counts likely low
33 species

Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) 1 drumming
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) 1
Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) 1
Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) 2
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) (Colaptes auratus [cafer Group]) 1
Dusky Flycatcher (Empidonax oberholseri) 12 also heard Du-Hic calls, heard all along the route
Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) 8 in aspens
Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) 2
Common Raven (Corvus corax) 1
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 4
Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli) 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 2
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 5
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 16
MacGillivray’s Warbler (Geothlypis tolmiei) 4
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s) (Setophaga coronata auduboni) 2
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 6
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 4
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 2
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) 1 most must be nesting now as many more singing two weeks ago
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) 2
Lincoln’s Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) 3
Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) 2
Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) 4
Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) 1
Bullock’s Oriole (Icterus bullockii) 2
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 2 singing
Cassin’s Finch (Haemorhous cassinii) 3
Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) 8

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Thanks for all the suggestions about birding hotspots. I didn’t stick around the house long enough to wait for your ideas, but seems I found one of the best ones with the help of eBird hotspots. I posted a photo on my eBird of the Barred Owl that I spotted at Hulls Gulch. I was surprised to learn it is rare here. Also found the Great Horned Owl family almost directly across the road from where the Barred was hanging out. Were it not for a distressed Mallard calling constantly, I would have completely overlooked the Barred.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend and good birding!
Mary Korkor
Hartland, WI

Not a new bird but a new event that, fortunately, turned out fine. Adding the Oriole feeder to my yard pole and having a hummer feeder off the deck rail has been quite entertaining lately, esp in the evenings. There’s at least 3 different Orioles visiting their feeder & a male and female Black-chinned Hummingbird (hopefully nesting) pair hitting the hummer feeder.

I was relaxing on the deck watching the action at both feeders, when the female Black-chinned Hummingbird came in. She fed for a bit & instead of heading back to her spruce tree perch, bee-lined right by ear, headed for the house. I heard a soft “thunk” behind me followed by rapid trilling chirps. She had impaled her bill through the sliding glass door screen! The glass was slid all the way open and the little hummer must have not seen the fine weave of the screen. I turned just in time to see her bill through the mesh as her wings beat frantically against the screen. Fortunately, the hummer placed herself in reverse, backed out of the screen & then flew to about 10 yards away to inspect what she had run her bill through and didn’t appear any worse for wear. That was a new one for me.

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

It comes to the only house with feeders on Spartan Street in downtown Eagle.. Right where the position is in eBird. It comes to a bowl of peanuts on a pole in the front yard. You can park on the street with your windows rolled down to hear/see it. It’s very random when it comes. I met the owner who is very nice but I’ve always sat in my car. I’ve tried a couple times with no success but I was only there for 15 minutes at a time when passing by. Good Luck!
Jason

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On Thursday, May 24, 2018, 6:22 PM, Cliff and Lisa Weisse cliffandlisa@octobersetters.com [ible] wrote:

 
I will be passing through Boise in the near future (not sure which day
yet) and would like to try for the California Scrub Jay being seen at a
peanut feeder in Eagle. Any advice or specific directions would be
appreciated. Thanks in advance if you can help.

Cliff

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Island Park, Idaho
cliffandlisa@octobersetters.com

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Is the Jay still around? If the person who saw it is weloming those who
would like to see it, I’d appreciate directions. I would likely visit Sat.
morning or on Sunday. Hoping for an update.

Thanks,
Diann Stone Boise Depot Bench

Mary:

I can’t speak for other folks in the Boise area, but my best birding right
now is happening in Hulls Gulch. This is a small valley (gulch?) behind
Camels Back Park. You can drive north from downtown on 8th St. and the paved
street goes by the lower part (on the left hand side). Then the road turns
to dirt and you reach the first parking lot, which is usually great in the
early morning. Continue up the dirt road to the parking lot for the
Foothills Learning Center, and you can then hike up into the sagebrush
foothills. Since I do all my birding from my bicycle, I’m not sure what the
birding is like higher up the dirt road, but it eventually gets into
Ponderosa pine habitat.

Another parking lot is located at the upper end of 9th St., and you could
park there and hike up to the Foothills Learning Center. It’s a relatively
gradual slope for walking, but some parts are a grunt for an old fart on a
bike.

I hope you enjoy your stay.

Tom McCabe, Boise

From: ible@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary
Korkor marykorkor@gmail.com [ible]
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2018 7:15 AM
To: ible@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [IBLE] Birding opportunities

Hi all, I am here in Boise and am wondering if there are any birding outings
this weekend. Any advice on rare birds being seen. Any great hiking trails
that are particularly birds right now. The migration in Wisconsin was pretty
crazy this year with warblers feeding on the ground because the trees are so
late in leafing out. Dozens of Cape May Warblers jumping up out of the grass
grabbing bugs for my May Bird Count. Weird.

Thanks!
Mary Korkor
Hartland, WI

Wow – sounds like we all should head to Wisconsin! That would be as good as a ‘norther’ – which I still haven’t been able to experience yet…

Re your question, I’m not aware of anything, but maybe someone else will have a better answer for you. Have a wonderful time here regardless! Jonathan, HSB

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From: ible@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Mary Korkor marykorkor@gmail.com [ible]
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2018 7:15:12 AM
To: ible@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [IBLE] Birding opportunities

Hi all, I am here in Boise and am wondering if there are any birding outings this weekend. Any advice on rare birds being seen. Any great hiking trails that are particularly birds right now. The migration in Wisconsin was pretty crazy this year with warblers feeding on the ground because the trees are so late in leafing out. Dozens of Cape May Warblers jumping up out of the grass grabbing bugs for my May Bird Count. Weird.

Thanks!
Mary Korkor
Hartland, WI

Hi all, I am here in Boise and am wondering if there are any birding outings this weekend. Any advice on rare birds being seen. Any great hiking trails that are particularly birds right now. The migration in Wisconsin was pretty crazy this year with warblers feeding on the ground because the trees are so late in leafing out. Dozens of Cape May Warblers jumping up out of the grass grabbing bugs for my May Bird Count. Weird.

Thanks!
Mary Korkor
Hartland, WI

I would love to know also! Had no idea this bird was close by! Thanks…Jonathan

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From: ible@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Cliff and Lisa Weisse cliffandlisa@octobersetters.com [ible]
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 6:22:14 PM
To: IBLE
Subject: [IBLE] California Scrub Jay Info / Eagle

I will be passing through Boise in the near future (not sure which day
yet) and would like to try for the California Scrub Jay being seen at a
peanut feeder in Eagle. Any advice or specific directions would be
appreciated. Thanks in advance if you can help.

Cliff

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Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho
cliffandlisa@octobersetters.com